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Katy therapist charged with rape of a patient

A Katy therapist has been charged with rape after he allegedly engaged in a six-month sexual relationship with a patient.

The woman sought out Raoul Parajes, 47, to help her young son in September 2001, and he convinced her that she also needed therapy, investigators said.

After several sessions, Parajes began having sex with the woman at his office in the 100 block of Applewhite, Harris County sheriff's detectives said. They indicated the charges were filed because the woman was undergoing therapy

In March, investigators said, Parajes told the woman they shouldn't continue the sessions because she saw him as a "father figure." Parajes, who could not be reached for comment, posted a $10,000 bond.

Fisherman's body recovered on beach

BRYAN BEACH -- The body of a Houston man who disappeared while net fishing at the mouth of the Brazos River was found Wednesday on a Matagorda County beach.

A fisherman found the body of Timetio Ventura Colaj, 43, of 900 Herkimer, shortly before 8 a.m. near Sargent, said sheriff's Capt. Susan Maxwell.

Colaj fell into the water about 3 p.m. Monday, and strong currents apparently carried him into the open water, where he drowned, authorities said. An autopsy was ordered.

Seabrook appoints woman as police chief

A 24-year veteran who once left the Seabrook Police Department because women could not serve as patrol officers has been promoted to chief.

Nona Holomon, 53, was named Tuesday to lead the 34-member force in the southeast Harris County town. She replaces Bill Kerber, who resigned Aug. 1 to become city manager of Kemah.

Holomon joined the Seabrook department after graduating from the police academy, but left when the police chief refused to let her work as a patrol officer, she said.

She worked for a year at the University of Houston-Clear Lake before returning to Seabrook as a patrol officer under Kerber. Hollomon later was promoted to patrol sergeant and then operations lieutenant. Her salary has not been set.

Houston man charged in two freeway deaths

A northwest Houston man has been charged with intoxicated manslaughter in the freeway deaths of two people.

Efrain Sosa Jr., 19, was driving west in the eastbound 5200 block of the Katy Freeway about 3:15 a.m. Monday when his pickup slammed into a car driven by Casey Lee Wild, 20, police said.

Wild, of the 6400 block of Lautrec, and backseat passenger Edgar Garcia, age unknown, were killed.

Teenager shot outside apartment complex dies

A teenager shot as he drove through a northeast Houston apartment complex looking for a woman died Monday in Memorial Hermann Hospital.

Joseph Antonio Garcia, 19, of the 8300 block of Furray, was shot in the face just before 3 a.m. Sunday in the 1200 block of Greens Parkway.

Cedrick Lamont Davis, 27, was arrested and charged with aggravated assault, but that is expected to be upgraded to murder.

Boy, father recovering from injuries in melee

An 11-year-old boy and his father, wounded in a melee at a family gathering in southeast Houston, continued to recover at Ben Taub Hospital.

Police said the boy, who lives in Fort Worth, and his father, Donald Dixon, went to a home in the 7300 block of Bastogne on Monday night to visit Dixon's former girlfriend, Evelyn Davis.

Dixon was stabbed in the arm during a fight with Davis' current boyfriend, Billy Gene Curry, 46, who suffered an eye injury. Curry then grabbed a gun from Davis and opened fire, wounding Dixon's son, police said.

Curry was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and held on $30,000 bail.

Colorado man held in motorcycle deaths

A Colorado man was jailed here on charges of failure to stop and render assistance in the traffic deaths of two people.

John Randall Frank, 45, was driving a pickup that struck a motorcycle in the 13200 block of the Katy Freeway at 11:45 p.m. Saturday, police said.